Lubicons compared to terrorists, chief calls tie ridiculous

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Comparisons between the Lubicon Lake Indian band and Palestinian terrorists made by the security chief at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics are "ridiculous" says Lubicon chief Bernard Ominiyak.

Edgar Best, former Olympic security chief, says the Lubicon's justifications for protests at the Calgary Winter Olympics are similar to those of Black September, a faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Lubicon chief Ominiyak responded: "We don't have any intention of killing or causing a riot. I can only say that it's something ridiculous."

Black September's attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics left 17 people dead.